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Posts Tagged ‘medal of honor’
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Medal of Honor Society Convention in Charleston, 29 September – 03 October!
Posted: Aug 26, 2010The South Carolina State Guard Foundation and The Citadel are hosting the 2010 Congressional Medal of Honor Society’s Convention in Charleston, South Carolina. This will be a celebration honoring the […]
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Bureau of Naval Aeronautics founded 1921
Posted: Aug 11, 2010Yesterday marked the 89th anniversary of the formation of the Bureau of Naval Aeronautics on 10 August 1921. Charlestonian Captain William Adger Moffett was nominated by President Harding to become […]
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Nation of Patriots at Patriots Point
Posted: Jul 02, 2010Today a very impressive flag ceremony was held on the flight deck of USS Yorktown (CV-10). Appropriately 02 July is our actual date of Independence as the Continental Congress passed […]
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The Pacific HBO Series: Part 1 and 2
Posted: Mar 25, 2010The new HBO 10 part miniseries on The Pacific has been out for two weeks now with Parts 1 and 2 showing the last two Sundays. The story of our […]
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FBI returns stolen Medals of Honor to museum!
Posted: Aug 25, 2009Last Friday the FBI returned two stolen Civil War Medals of Honor to the Medal of Honor museum here at Patriots Point. Since there is still an ongoing investigation into […]
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F-4F-3A Wildcat Podcast
Posted: Aug 05, 2009We will begin offering podcasts on various aircraft and tours at Patriots Point. This should prove especially valuable to visiting guests as they will be able to download these podcasts […]
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Major Everett Pope, USMC, 16 July 1919 – 16 July 2009
Posted: Jul 22, 2009During my short tenure with the Congressional Medal of Honor Society (CMOHS headquarters are located onboard the YORKTOWN), I had the privilege of working with Medal of Honor recipient Everett […]
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Day Three YLC (Youth Leadership Conference)
Posted: Jun 25, 2009Here is the class picture of this year’s YLCers, a good looking group of America’s young men and women, future leaders of our country. This morning TV weatherman and Air […]
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Patriots Point's 10th Youth Leadership Conference
Posted: Jun 23, 2009Today begins the 10th Youth Leadership Conference to be held onboard the USS Yorktown (CV-10) at Patriots Point. The conference on Yorktown began in 1999 and is sponsored by Patriots […]
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Henry E. "Red" Erwin
Posted: Feb 10, 2009Today I met the granddaughter of Henry E. “Red” Erwin. Jennifer Michaels and her two sons, David (6) and Will (3), were here to visit the Congressional Medal of Honor […]